I remember when..............

I was 20 yrs old, driving a 67 442 that got 4 MPG. I was filling it up each day driving to work at the MOPAR plant in Detroit Mich. I was complaining about gas was so high, i was filing it up for .27 cents a gal and sometimes find a gas war and get it for .23. AND did i mention that it was "high test" with 115 octane at the local Gulf.

I worked at Chrysler and i remember making the coment at work one day, that I wonder what all these shaker hoods were going. I made 200/ hour, 5 days a week and that happened for 3 shifts each day and went on for about 3 months. man! that was a lot of shaker hoods. where are they today?

I also remember the new set it 8.25 x14" tires i put on the 442. man they were nice and fat.

I remember later having a police cruiser and having one of the first sets of radial tires put on it and you could not hold it in the road! I said they would never make it! what a load of crap, and wanted them replaced.
A new thing came out, it was a microwave. I put a hot dog in it and in 5 seconds it blew up. I took it back!. waited 5 years before they got better and bought another.

I remember taking the power stearing belt off at the drag strip to get a couple more horses, took out the floor mats and anything else that wasn't nailed down to get more speed. It had stock 350 hp, but 355 was better etc. im sure i squeezed out at least 1 more MPH!

I remember laughing at the puny 350 chevy and and said what a sorry engine. It didn't have even 300 horses. what a granny motor. now I wish i had 200 horses!.

o well, its been a while.